Posted on 10/07/2023 9:37:37 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
1 well-placed 230 grain shot is better than 15 mosquito bites. :)
Yeah, more rounds is always nice, and a double-stack 1911 could be easily designed. But fat ammo means fat grips and some people can’t get their hands around fat grips.
I have some 8 round mags for my 1911s, and I have 10 rounds available in my Springfield 1911 in 9 mm.
As for maintenance, keep it oiled and it’s not a problem operating a 1911. And that trigger is much nicer to operate than any of the Glocks I’ve owned. Nice crisp release, generally no creep (and if there is, I have the jigs and tools to get rid of that while keeping then appropriate angles on all the mating surfaces).
Only thing better in the trigger department would be my older Python or S&W revolvers.
I like my 1911s - well, I did before that canoe accident. They now sit near the Edmund Fitzgerald deep under water.
Those Battle Proven 1911’s of WWII won’t come down in price any time soon...
Dang !
I’ll Bite Eric,
1911 is my Favorite Semi pistol but
For self defense it’s a revolver.
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Why you haten on them,
If I might ask?
at what point does the magspring pressure, overcome the slide spring pressure???
Just a precursor to the changes coming when moochelle returns to the WH after the 2024 swindle...
We can expect the American flag to be outlawed, all high-capacity mags removed from the military, the Border Patrol agency dissolved, and the disposal of all the remaining nuclear weapons...
I just didn't like how it felt and I absolutely will not own anything that is "cocked and locked". And I certainly would never carry a revolver as my EDC. Five or six shots and you're out of the fight and you won't have time to reload before it's over. My EDC is a Glock 23 with one in the chamber. I have 14 rounds before I have to reload and it's a straightforward one second operation to switch out magazines. In bear country it's a Glock 20 with Buffalo Bore 220 gr for personal protection. That gives me 16 rounds to stop a bear attack. Revolvers might be fun for plinking or cowboy days recreations, but they have no place in the world of self defense against two or four legged critters.
I hear Ya FRiend,
I’ve had to many issues with semi’s and if I’m in Serious Exploring,as You are, I’d be more interested in finding a HI Cap blaster. As it is an Absolute First shot
Function reliability is Key,÷Amigo.
Don't know. Let's ask The Great One (not Jackie Gleason) the FR one.
i’d rather have 4-ten round mags...
I'll vouch for that, I've had "trouble" one time and that was when a soda was knocked over by a Dog and it got on the Pistol on the nightstand and I found it in the morning and by then it was kinda dried up and it was sticky enough that it wouldn't slide. Fixed with a couple of sprays of Brake Parts Cleaner and a few drops of oil (no disassembley) required.
Yeah but I figure if it’s gonna protrude then I’ll go for 15 in a Stick on edc.
Doesn’t work on someone who’s got their head down, has a sloping head and a heavily built jaw and/or skull. There’s at least one documented police shooting where a .45 ACP Hydrashok *bounced* off the jaw of a charging assailant.
Not even Simho Hayha or Whitefeather could guarantee a one shot stop with a man-portable weapon. That’s why they used repeaters. Pistol’s going to be even worse.
That’s nice, but it doesn’t use a standard mounting. The military is all about modularity and that’s not going to cut it.
Didn’t know that we were talking about Milspec only.
There’s no single answer/solution to a 1 shot kill situation every time.
I’ll never own a polymer plastic gun:
https://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2012/02/06/drying-off-a-sig-sauer-pro/
Which has nothing to do with the durability of the firearm for practical purposes. If you are exposed to 400F heat for the time window required to do that, YOU are going to be dead, and the ammo in any pistol would have cooked off long ago.
Hint: Ammo cooks off at 300F and above. Your 1911 isn’t going to be terribly useful when the magazine explodes.
Look at the title of the article and the content of same. It’s about the 1911 in military service, i.e., specifically mil-spec.
You want to carry a matchlock for your personal defense needs, go right ahead - but this was specifically about the military usage of pistols.
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